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4 F J. WIDDOWSON. METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR HOLDING NOTES, BILLS, AND OTHER PAPER MONEY.

' APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19. 1918.

1,305,326. Patented June 3, 1919.

3 SHEETS-SHEET F. J. WIDDOWSON.

METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR HOLDING NOTES, BILLS, AND OTHER PAPER MONEY.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.19. 1918.

1 ,305, 326. Patented June 3, 1919.

3 SHEETSSHEET 2- Fig.3.

F. J. WIDDOWSON.

METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR HOLDING NOTES, BILLS, AND OTHER PAPER MONEY. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19. l9l8.

1 ,305,326. Patented June 3, 1919.

3 SHEETSSHEET 3.

-=To all whom it-may concern: v V Be it known that I, FR NK 'JnBHsoNWID- nowsou, afisubject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at the Oratory, f- South Kensington, London, S; W. 7, England, have invented new and useful Im- I i provementsin Method of. and -Means for Holding Notes,'-*B ills, and other Paper f Mone'y, of'which the following is a specifi- *x- 'cation. L Y

1 This invention. refers to a method of and meansfor holding notes orbills, or other paper money, of various, denominations and V offers facilities for the ready .withdraw'al of'a note or notes as required, thereby providing a wide use with' railway booking off ces, shopkeepers, cashiers, -wages clerks and suchlike. i The method resides vin the superposing one denomination of note. with respect .to another and providing for] reversibility, f that is to say, in case ten. dollarand five V W dollar bills, by way of example, are being.

dealt with the device carries one denomination onone' side of the table or platform and the other denomination on the other side, so that the power of inversion allo wseither value of note to be placed in .its' proper batch or withdrawn with a mini- 0 mum of trouble.

form and material, and as to this I do' not restrict myself and it is obvious that in lieu of reversing the complete device I may arrange to invert the table or platform itself, *when necessary, the same being carried on j an appropriate stand. V And in order that the invention may be completely understood I have attached three refer.

Figure 1 of these drawings shows a front elevation of an appropriate form of my invention.

Fig. 2 isa plan thereof.

Fig. 3 is an end view.

Fig. 4 indicates in front elevation a modi- 'fication.

. V -Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively plan view and front elevation of a further modification.

p In the simplest form of my invention I e might use a wood, metal, fiber, composition,

. or like frame a. Two of these frames are The means employed may be variedin.

49 sheets of drawings hereto to which I will nn rnnsra'rns TEN ermon. jjglmfijnrnson'winnowsou, or scorn K lnsnveron, nounomnnetAimsf V :ME' H D A enus non nonnino} No'rns, BILLS, Ann oTHER rams MONEY.

1 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 119 3,1919,

' Application filed Deccmbcr 19 1918. Serial No. 267,470.

'held together and spaced, apart any desired distance by means of a rod 6 passed through a hole made inone of the side walls of each of the frames at. The frames may be easily'moved along the rod b to place them the required distance I apart. Disposed within the frame a is a platform or table 0 other side. These rods are disposed in pairs at. each side of the cross rod I) and above and below the table ,cfand the rods are anchored, or suspended by'stout elastic cords '7 from studs 9 or, the like screwed into the side wallsof the frames a,j.th'e elastic cords of the lowerspindles or rods. being conducted tothe upper studs,,and the cords of the upper spindles going to the lower studs,

as clearly shown inFig. l. V 1 As thus the table or platform is held suspended but is free to yield either upward or downward as required.

'In case the upperface of the. table is to receive ten dollar bills it is only necessary topressfirmly. on'the table or platform with thebill in the hand when such billi can be in- "stantly slipped into. place and on: removal of the hand the table a rises and secures'the i:

. bill in placebeneath the. bars or spindles cZ Qd. .To insert a fivedollar bill the entire device is simply inverted and the same procedure followed.

In lieu of elastic bands I may use springs so arranged as to act under compression or extension for my purpose.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4:, the frames at are permanently secured together by the metal .cross stays it, although they may be permanently secured by other means such as a panel of wood or the like. In this modification the side members of the frames are formed with slots a, the platform 0 being disposed between two pairs of bars (Z, (Z, c, e, slidable and guided with such slots. The table 0 is suspended and supported by the elastic bands or cords f and the device is operated in the manner described with reference to the preceding figures.

An obvious modification is to provide for the inversion of the table or platform itself and means for effecting this are shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

This construction shows a base board or plate 71, carrying supporting brackets j. The 7 table b1 platform a ca-rriesf at {each side-a pair ofcr'o'ss rjod's cl,.cl, ande, e; 'secliredto the table by stout elastic cords f. The'iipp r pair 'of rods cl, d, "are disposed recesses in the supporting brackets v j as s11 oyyy 1 1.v When the platformis forced downward in" the position which is indicated in Fig. '6, "a

fbill-flof the pro er-denomination; say ten dollars, can be placed in' position, While by reversing the table or platform the same can beniade to yield for the purpose;o f-getti;ng a five 'dollar bill fin place. It will be noted thatthree pairs of brackets are provided. Oninvertingthe table the rod egattthe :left

. hand. of the figili'es could be accommodated Y ibyithe b racket to the le ftg'while the-other rod 6, would be laced on thevinner'p ne of the -pai r of b rae i t"s. 1;0 I-t wil lribe i lnderstood thatthe elastic deyiee shown in these figures could be Varied Thisconstru cti'on wouldallow 'inefto iise a'devioe capable nvies seeming may iiitho d lpifoxiide v .vfQr the easy and fapid'epiitting away o bills of {eweidendriiiimtions and of the equally ready withdrawal of same.

Shonld. a greater of diiorriina tioiis 'of bills er the liketbe i'equiifdf to be dea1tWith, -I wuia pwviae tw gpla'faims fwhi'chwould allpwoffoiii fvalhesbeing'dealt wit i ts wan 91h efiedtaintiufiq 101a amputee-6116fm :au lenmngemena l:he constructionof;the device described maybe'Varied'inlrieifeitlatter offdetail.

'1. A devicefor batching holding'or stori 7 comprisinga tableor platform to carry bills 'ofidifl'felit' vahies an sash iaceiireafis to "elastically suspend such table on end frames;

I aim-attain the bills, and means-toenab1e the table to be depressed'to allowfor the recep tion or'withdrawali'of notes; theinVersion-of a the device ortable'allowing for either' va'lue r ojifinotebeing placed in its :properbatch or lifim ed Su a tia ys de cr ed-e Ajdei ice -forj batching, holdin ori's'tor- 5 5 lng 'notes or billsfof-differentflengorninations,', r

icomprisinga-spair of L;fra1nes, -means'forsee 7 curi ng saidffrain'es suitable distance apart, V. a tabl'esl-idab le ithin saidframes, cross .rods to support the tabledis os'ed at ach side "of said table, means to e astically s1 s'- g pend and? guide said-r0ss rods and enable iqi tiqnisii it drawal f' t v l Su {stguitia'll;y.asdescribed.

ing n otes or bills of different denominationa 1- bomp l r te -11% c ss rods ii p df ilthe-table to' be depressed-to al low fortheireeach si de'of said table, supports' ofbi'ackets for the cross, rods carried on a base plate to sjeha r e em a,b ip e aea m up, a W

elastic means for securing the cross-rods Iribte'dibilh ub ftaiitialIyys described; p

lI'n testinloriy whereo ;I, hav sigma .f

A device for ba 'hing',= ho1ding-or stor- 

